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turbinetree

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Wed Jul 21, 2021, 10:47 PM Jul 2021

U.S. life expectancy drops 1.5 years in 2020 due to pandemic

U.S. NEWS JULY 21, 2021 / 5:28 AM

By Darryl Coote

July 21 (UPI) -- Life expectancy in the United States declined by a year and a half during 2020 due in large part to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday in a new report, marking the steepest decline since the second world war.

According to the report, Americans as a whole saw their life expectancy from birth shorten from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77.3 years in 2020, the largest decline since 2.9 years were lost between 1942 and 1943.

"The decline of 1.5 years in life expectancy between 2019 and 2020 was primarily due to increases in mortality due to COVID-19," the report said, stating the pandemic contributed to 73.8% of the decline, followed by unintentional injuries at 11.2% and homicide at 3.1%.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/07/21/life-expectancyin-United-states-drops-15-years-due-to-pandemic/9981626853255/

Fucking trump....and his fucking enablers...

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